{"id":956,"date":"2017-11-05T01:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/?p=956"},"modified":"2017-10-25T12:53:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:53:56","slug":"it-was-fifty-years-ago-today-douglas-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2017\/11\/05\/it-was-fifty-years-ago-today-douglas-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"It was fifty years ago today… Douglas Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photograph of two female students standing outside the front of Douglas Hall. 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

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James Douglas: Father of BC 1803-1877<\/p><\/div>\n

TWU’s archivist Sylvia Stopforth notes that a new Student Centre \u2013 named in honour of the province\u2019s first premier, Sir James Douglas – was dedicated on the 5th of November, 1967.<\/p>\n

Visit the TWU Archives<\/a> for more information about TWU’s history.<\/p>\n

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TWU’s archivist Sylvia Stopforth notes that a new Student Centre \u2013 named in honour of the province\u2019s first premier, Sir James Douglas – was dedicated on the 5th of November, 1967. 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